A day after Costa Rica authorities confirmed a body found behind an Airbnb rental was that of Carla Stefaniak, her family positively identified her. CNN reports that Carla’s dad was allowed to see her body on Tuesday night, following an announcement from a Costa Rican police spokesperson, who indicated a security guard, Bismark Espinosa Martinez, 32, …
Newly released phone records from the early years of Aaron Hernandez’s incarceration show that former New England Patriots player expected to return to the football field after he finished his sentence — and believed he would be found not guilty of murdering Odin Lloyd. The Boston Globe obtained recordings of over 900 phone calls Hernandez …
Authorities in Connecticut say a high school soccer coach was inside of his vehicle in October when he flashed a young girl standing nearby. According to the New York Post, 29-year-old David Sharpe was arrested on Saturday in connection with the alleged crime in Fairfield earlier this year. The girl was walking in an area …
Authorities in Pennsylvania say a 44-year-old woman is expected to spend decades behind bars for a fatal attack on her boyfriend earlier this year. According to Fox News, Windi C. Thomas pleaded guilty to stabbing 44-year-old Keeno Butler and beating him with a table leg on March 18 before crushing him to death under the …
Authorities in South Carolina say a man who had recently escaped from jail was fatally shot in the head by a woman inside the home he invaded. According to Fox News, 30-year-old Bruce McLaughlin Jr. physically assaulted a guard at a Pickens County correctional facility this week and was able to make it out of …
A Nevada father was arrested Saturday in connection with the disappearance of his 3-year-old daughter who was last seen in late August. North Las Vegas police arrested Ricky Beasley, 27, after receiving a tip that he and the missing girl’s mother, Lakeia Walker, 27, were at a casino. Police said Monday that Beasley was charged with first-degree kidnapping, …
Maryland woman Jacquelyn Smith asked her husband to pull over last week in a Baltimore neighborhood, after she saw a young woman holding what appeared to be a baby in her arms, and a sign asking for help. Her generosity and offer of $10 cost her her life, and her husband is desperate to find …
A woman who had a brief affair with convicted family-killer Chris Watts spoke with Inside Edition about her tryst, as newly released interview footage shows her speaking to police about dating the man who would later kill his pregnant wife and two daughters. Amanda McMahon told Inside Edition that she met Watts on Tinder in …
A Louisiana mother accused in the burning death of her 6-month-old son will await her 2020 murder trial behind bars as her probation was revoked on Monday. Hanna Nicole Barker, 23, was arraigned on first-degree murder charges in connection with the July 18 death of her son, Levi Cole Ellerbe. The Alexandria Town Talk reported …
A body found in Costa Rica on Monday has been identified as 36-year-old Florida woman, Carla Stefaniak, who was overseas vacationing for her birthday. NBC2 reports that according to the head of the Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Department, Walter Espinoza, Carla died from trauma. Authorities found her body wrapped in plastic and partially buried behind the Airbnb …
The Weld County Coroner released the complete autopsy reports of Bella, Celeste, and Shanann Watts, who were murdered by Chris Watts on August 13. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Chris Watts tried to pin the murders of 3-year-old Celeste and 4-year-old Bella on his wife when he first confessed to murdering Shanann, who was 15 weeks …
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Monday that the names of 11 priests accused in the grand jury’s scathing report regarding rampant child sex abuse in the church will remain permanently redacted. As reported by the Philadelphia Enquirer, August’s grand jury report included testimony from more than 1,000 children who alleged abuse at the hands of 301 priests in …
